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Two-part stories are many things to a television series: a chance to amortize sets across two episodes, an opportunity to capture viewers eager for part two's resolution, and they offer a larger canvass upon which to build a more involved story than the typical hour allows. Unfortunately, the resolution too often fails to meet the promise of its prologue, and a rushed finale dulls the impact of the whole epic affair. Such is the case with "Moebius, Part 2." The episode is filled with great moments and pretty much ties up the story launched in the foregoing episode, but the finesse of a finely honed part two just seems to elude the story, which ends rather abruptly. The dramatic tension is diffused like a balloon allowed to slowly bleed off its contents, and what appeared to be a cleverly constructed time-travel story becomes "just another time travel story."
Two-part stories are many things to a television series: a chance to amortize sets across two episodes, an opportunity to capture viewers eager for part two's resolution, and they offer a larger canvass upon which to build a more involved story than the typical hour allows. Unfortunately, the resolution too often fails to meet the promise of its prologue, and a rushed finale dulls the impact of the whole epic affair. Such is the case with "Moebius, Part 2." The episode is filled with great moments and pretty much ties up the story launched in the foregoing episode, but the finesse of a finely honed part two just seems to elude the story, which ends rather abruptly. The dramatic tension is diffused like a balloon allowed to slowly bleed off its contents, and what appeared to be a cleverly constructed time-travel story becomes "just another time travel story."
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